Carpet-fastener.



N0. 678,9l0. Patented July 23, I901.

- G. B. SOMEBS.

CARPET FASTENER.

(Applicatim filed May 7, 1901.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETEE.

GEORGE B. SOMERS, OF OOEANVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO NORRIS R. SOMERS, FRED W. SOMERS, AND ETTA E. SOMERS,

OF SAME PLACE.

' CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,910, dated July 23, 1901.

' Application filed May 7, 1901. Serial No. 69 ,135- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SOMERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oceanville, inthe county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a device for securing carpets to the floor; and it consists in a nail adapted to be driven into the floor, having a head substantially oval, and a spring-cap adapted to fit in the edge of the carpet over the head of the nail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the cap. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a piece of carpet, a vertical sectional View of the cap in place, and a perspective view of the nail in place. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the nail. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a punch used in making an opening through the carpet for the accommodation of the cap.

My invention is described as follows: 1 is the head of the cap. This head may be made of any material, brass or nickel-plated being preferred. The lower edge of this cap is slightly turned in, forming a flange 2.

3 represents the neck of the cap, the upper end of which turns slightly out, forming a flange 4. Extending from the lower end of this neck and integral therewith are three or more cars 5, and around the neck of this cap are indentations 6, that arestruck in, forming enlargements on the inner side of the neck. The purpose of these enlargements is to clasp tightly the head of the pin below its bulge. This neck 3 is made of one sheet of steel or other elastic material, and the edges 7 abut each other, as shown in Fig. 1; but they are not united, and therefore the neck may have a certain amount of spring.

The nail is provided with a head 8, substantially oval in shape, and at the lower part of the oval of the head is a horizontal vertical flange 9, and below the flange is the body 10 of the nail. This body 10 is driven into the floor until the flange 9 comes down solidly against the floor, leaving the head 8 above the floor. It is designed that this nail shall remain permanently in the floor around the edges near the wall. may be removed, if found desirable.

This nail, however, An

opening is made through the carpet 11 at the point desired by means of the punch 12, and when so made the cap is thrust down through the opening and the ears are turned out and pressed against the lower faces of the carpet, thus securing the cap in place, (see Fig. 3,) and by reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the enlargements 6 rest against the head of the nail below its bulge and keep the head from coming out except when the carpet is pulled up. The operation is simple.

The openings are made in the carpet and the cap put in place, and then the carpet or rug (because this device answers for rugs as well as for carpets and may be made of various sizes and may be made more or less expensive, so as to be in the reach of the poor as well as the rich) is laid down and the places where the nails are to go are marked, and then the nails are driven in. After this the carpet or rug is buttoned down on the floor by slipping the caps down over the heads of the nails, and when we wish to remove the carpet or rug we simply take hold of the carpet or rug and pull it up, and thus unbutton it from its place. Thus it will be seen that the carpet can be easily taken up and easily put down.

Having described my invention, what I 'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a nail, provided witha point to enter the floor; a flange at the head of the nail to fit down against the upper face of the floor; a head substantially oval-shaped, immediately above the flange, and integral with the nail; a cap, consisting of a head, having an internal flange; a neck made of spring metal, and having at its upper end a flange adapted to be clipped into the head; knobs struck inwardly in the neck; ears extending from the lower end of the neck; said 5 cap adapted to be secured in a carpet and to be buttoned over the head of the nail, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature rec in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. SOMERS.

WVitnesses:

NORRIS R. SoMERs, FEED W. SoMERs. 

